Official Olympic LP is patchy

'Unity - The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album', instigated by German arm of EMI, is a compilation celebrating the event later in the month; its opening ceremony is on 13 August 2004.

Some interesting stuff here and some... well, less so. Few cool collabs but Avril Lavigne doing 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' ain't Guns N'Roses... Jamelia's duet is a fair song, Eno's effort is worth checking out, as usual, but the only true gem here is, as we discussed few weeks ago, is Moby and Public Enemy's voicing the feeling of majority of the planetary dwellers.

Herewith is the full tracklisting and if nothing else takes your fancy to entice you to buy the compilation - then 'MKLVFKWR' alone is worth the price.

1. 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' - Avril Lavigne
2. 'I Know' - Destiny's Child & Will.I.Am
3. 'By Your Side' - Timbaland, Utada, Kiley Dean
4. 'Universal Prayer' - Jamelia & Tiziano Ferro
5. 'A Thousand Years' - Sting & Mariza
6. 'All The Way' - Beres Hammond & Les Nubians
7. 'Issues' - Mr G
8. 'Love Together' - Earth Wind & Fire & Roots Manuva
9. 'Eyes On The Prize' - Wayne Wonder & Neneh Cherry
10. 'We Want Peace' - Lenny Kravitz & Kadim Al Sahir
11. 'Oh Yeah' - Macy Gray & Keziah Jones
12. 'MKLVFKWR'- Moby & Public Enemy
13. 'Stand' - Alice Cooper & Xzibit
14. 'Everlasting' - Herbert Gronemeyer, Cheb Mami & Dalaras
15. 'Still Standing' - Brian Eno, Skin & Rachid Taha
16. 'Pass The Flame' - The Official Torch Relay Theme-Trevor Horn, Yiannis Kotsiras & Tarkan

In the spirit of the Olympiad - a bronze medal.

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